Anime Hate in D&D

[@JoCat]

as far as "they look 15 but are actually hundreds of years old" argument goes, I'm somewhat iffy about it, but it all very much comes down to the player's intent Most of the time it's very clear and obvious to tell when someone genuinely wants to explore and play as a character who ages slowly, and when the person just wants to have an excuse to be a creep and get away with doing questionable roleplaying with a young looking, sounding, and acting character, but uses the "they're actually chronologically really old" as an easy out

[@redman7775]

roleplay=yes "roleplay"=no It's not discrimination if what they're doing is illegal

[@shadowdragon2730]

Yeah, the way i see it, is if they have both a legitimate reason, AND don't take it too far, it's fine. If they use it to do some very questionable stuff, then just tell them. Alsoiloveyourvideos

[@slammingpotato4948]

Yeah this is what I was thinking, as long as they have a reason that isn't creepy I would say it's fine to have a character who looks younger but is actually older

[@b.w.s3165]

What if i wanna roleplay as the dream traveller who could possibly be technically incomprehensibly ancient but remains a young boy in every world he's summoned to? In all seriousness though, it really does depend entirely on WHY someone wants to play as "500 year old vampire that actually looks like they have just barely enough mental capacity to even count to 500".

[@marcar9marcar972]

Yeah I agree with this

[@DStrormer]

Meanwhile, my last character was a homeless, orphan 10yo girl barbarian/warlock... and nothing weird happened except the local authorities giving the rest of the party a hard time for letting me go on dangerous adventures with them.

[@projectpems8304]

Off topic, but Barbarians and Warlocks are the best classes to make a Magical Girl

[@NuclearRaven13]

@@projectpems8304 Ah the magical girl of *blood* and *the dark arts*

[@TJTrickster]

Makes sense

[@geradosolusyon511]

@@NuclearRaven13 hello madoka

[@creamsicleorange8266]

This sounds both hilarious and terrifying.

[@aviowl]

oh good this isnt critisizing my discrimination against halflings. theyre short so they can be closer to hell

[@Luci_Diavol]

No no, they're short so you can throw them farther

[@flyingcat5468]

also good for a barbaque!

[@R3GARnator]

They are blessed by the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

[@milosplayz4049]

Perfect improvised club

[@knightx605]

This comment is making me laugh, they are closer to Hell. XD That is one hell of a burn.

[@thewrustywrench21]

One of my friends plays dnd for the express purpose of doing quote: “cool anime shit”

[@SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver]

Same, my friend was playing what was basically a Piller man. He tried to rush a goblin with a mini gun, got shot and died then was reincarnated as the same goblin.

[@jameswilliams2075]

Are your friends the creepy ones or the action fight loving ones

[@bryanmerel]

@@jameswilliams2075 are you implying that unless we love mindless action, we are creeps? What if we love detective animes and horror anime instead? Like death note, Yugioh, or Dr. Stone?

[@bryanmerel]

@@jameswilliams2075 though i my self loves Black Clover, Baki, Hajime no Ippo, and such. 🤔

[@jameswilliams2075]

@@bryanmerel I forgot about detective and horror animaie thoughs are good and thoughts translate well to dnd its just you know there are the horrible ones that contain horrible things and I don't mean horror or gore

[@justmyself5770]

It’s nice to see someone addressing this topic as a calmer voice

[@drago20v51]

@HiltOfBlades My god, how long did it take to type that?

[@andrewjustice210]

@HiltOfBlades I don’t think he was impressed with the length of your comment.... I think what he was passive aggressively saying was... “dude, you basically could have just typed the last 2 sentences and we would have lost nothing”

[@KydLives]

Yup

[@justmyself5770]

@HiltOfBlades so why are you deleting your replies

[@kendrickrochelanzot2053]

@@justmyself5770 he isnt, its the mods

[@stormyperson44]

"I can't play a kid or a girl! I'm neither of those, it would be wrong!" -The dude who exclusively plays 6'6" Martial classes with Folk Hero, Soldier, or Gladiator backgrounds and high charisma

[@marcar9marcar972]

I mean theoretically you could those things if magic were real, though if magic was real you wouldn’t be a kid or a girl. Not saying saying you shouldn’t play those two but I think the reasoning is a bit flawed

[@yanderenejoyer]

@@marcar9marcar972 Are you suuuuure? Alter self does the job quite well. For one hour, of course. Unless you manage to do it at will.

[@cinansnickem228]

@@marcar9marcar972 Yeah, because if magic was real, there's no way anyone would be able to make a genderswap potion or an age reversing potion

[@MelonSoda103]

@@marcar9marcar972 Pretty sure he's hinting that the dude is not 6'6", built like a greek demigod and will probably never get laid my dude

[@bryanmerel]

@@MelonSoda103 I think that's really his point. Its really surprising how some people really do lack the sense of irony, humor, or logic. It seems pretty common for so many people to *miss the point.*

[@merkavamkivm3373]

"I'm not a kid irl, why should I play as a kid in dnd" - doesn't play a human. Defuq?

[@johndavis4194]

there not human there a troll

[@Selloyas]

I am pretty sure that most of D&D mages aren't mages in real life. Why they should play one then?

[@benblueblade4143]

The fun counter to that argument if you just wanna fuck with them is "Really? But you sure are good at acting like one."

[@loth4015]

Why wouldn't you play a pedophile in DnD huh? You're not a orc either. So just play a pedophile.

[@merkavamkivm3373]

@@loth4015 '_' -_- '_'

[@Adam-cq2yo]

Intent is the key. What is the player's intent with this character? Roll IRL Insight.

[@unwithering5313]

A character who doesn't know himself like the rest of the team know themselves, an underdog who struggles with being underdeveloped but tries his hardest all the same.

[@itsacabbage_1000]

"I wouldn't play a kid cause I'm not a kid. I also wouldn't play a different gender. That's why I only play CR0 Human Commoners"

[@lukadark9761]

Yeah, that’s immediately what I thought of when I heard that. The argument of “I’m not a girl so I don’t” falls apart the instant they start doing anything that, you know, MAKES DND FUN. Pretty sure we aren’t Tiefling Clerics that fight monsters on the regular.

[@OwenOfElliott]

I mean, I don't play the opposite gender, just because my character never needs to be. as a default when the change doesn't affect anything I stick with characteristics that match my own. That's just my character creation method I could not care less what others do

[@TJTrickster]

So you wouldn't play a non-human because you are human?

[@insertname3977]

@@OwenOfElliott that's pretty much how I tend to do characters as well, always asking myself "how does (insert trait here) affect them/their story" and if it doesn't or it's not something I don't find interesting to explore then I default to certain traits.

[@bionicdragon5]

"I'm not a warlock in real life, so I'm playing as Ben the accountant."

[@spazmcat3853]

Female characters tend to be more thoughtful, creative, beatiful, empathetic, patient. Yeah tell that to the girl in my group who plays a female orc

[@phelps6205]

That is what "tend" means, the average character is like that, the common trope, the majority, does not mean that ALL characters are like that.

[@spazmcat3853]

I know what "tend" means but none of these things descibe the player and the character

[@cesargeney5268]

Put a puppy. See half the table go "AAAAWWWW"

[@blastermaster5039]

@@phelps6205 Pffft. Perhaps in a normie group.

[@Lettucem3n]

@@cesargeney5268 And the other half, who are warlocks, prepare to kill it in order to keep their magic.

[@majesticmundanity]

2:55 Allow me to introduce to you a world entirely populated by kobolds

[@luc-zq7ku]

after all they only live for eleven days

[@patheronaetherson2860]

@@luc-zq7ku They can actually go up to 200+ years

[@luc-zq7ku]

@@patheronaetherson2860 yeah i know . CR reference

[@Xman34washere]

Fear

[@johnsonbaroncaveler6634]

Orcs and Minotaurs also mature in the span of 5 years.

[@sparrowthesparrow]

Blaine: “most campaigns are gonna be all men”/“dude characters are gonna be strong & independent” My school’s DnD club: is majority girls, one of the five male characters is played by a girl, and another two are kolbolds who basically worship me as a more experienced kolbold, and our dragonborn player because, well dragon.

[@bryanmerel]

Is Chris Zito your god or something?

[@sparrowthesparrow]

No idea who your talking about! But sure why not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@bryanmerel]

@@sparrowthesparrow search him and his Kobolds. XD You will be delighted.

[@sparrowthesparrow]

@Bryan Hernandez I did, thank you :3

[@francogaray3273]

Hahahaha that Kobold thing sounds fun

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

The one dislike... I had a joke in mind about it, but my brain is currently not functioning at even half throttle

[@marcar9marcar972]

Ok

[@yourlocalswarmofmoths]

Is your brain on yet

[@bionicdragon5]

Hey, at least you're honest.

[@williamfalls]

Bad anime player example: "Can I play as Goku?" "I guess you could make a Monk human that--" "No, no, no... I mean THE Goku! A Saiyan marital arts user that shoots beams." "I could homebrew a race that--" "Ok, I blow up the planet! Yay I won!" Good anime player example: "I wanna roll a Monk human that looks like Goku."

[@GeneralNickles]

Or you could let them play as actual goku, but he lost all his powers in some crazy accident (similar to what happened at the start of dragonball GT.), And he's questing to regain his abilities.

[@rikardosilva1754]

Which goku? (I know you're talking about the Dragon Ball one, but there's goku from Journey to the West and he's a great character concept too)

[@williamfalls]

I imagine the bad player would say they're wanting a Goku fan art SSj5 thing and the good player would start off with Goku from the original Dragonball for Session 0.

[@e4ehco21]

@@rikardosilva1754 that's sun goku who would more likely be referred to as the monkey king

[@mr.preston1632]

Amazing anime player: I want to be Sun Wukong before he was overpowered, if you cant homebrew a race I will just play a Tabaxi monk which is close enough

[@lotiumhazard3924]

"Now the wonders of KZbin allow my followers to write whatever they'd like in the comment" the power is in our hands, so let's use it to repost comments, rant about stupid stuff, and keep commenting "first", just stop. on a rather serious note, this video shows up some interesting and true points. thanks for the great video!

[@marcar9marcar972]

@LotiumHazard First

[@steel8231]

I made a 6 month old warforge whose entire personality was amazement at the world at large and misunderstanding social norms. By some of the community's standards I should be in prison.

[@mattp3736]

Are warforged really people though? ;)

[@guilhermebrito1998]

@@mattp3736 don't hurt their feelings. They should be praised too ;-;. (Just joking btw, don't take it in the wrong way)

[@deleted5745]

Like a lot of people said, the key word is intent, it makes sense to have a 6 month warforged, and you did it to roleplay, but if you're playing a 12 year old girl for "no reason" its a pretty big red flag

[@sharksam8583]

I mean, War Forge are basically robots so. I think the Reaction would probably be a bit different

[@regretsin8502]

the arguments people have against anime in dnd is the funniest shit (says the person who has played 8 different version of Artoria Pendragon and i dont even like her)

[@candiedapple1860]

Play Mordred then.

[@omegalul8861]

It’s not like there are countless official variations of her anyway lol.

[@marcar9marcar972]

I mean if you don’t like anime you don’t like it but that being said I think it’s usually fine

[@regretsin8502]

@@candiedapple1860 i probably should, good idea- but im playing Okitalter in our Strahd campaign we're starting today so idk when ill get the chance

[@LunaWolfSaphira]

Lmfao I'm going for my 3rd

[@jamesmorin9966]

My first character was actually a human child who convinced the party that she's a halfling. Now, everyone but the actual halfling in our party knows her true identity.

[@Awesomenoob25]

I can get why a DM may not allow a child PC, as they do not want to have/narrate a child dying or being hurt. It really depends on that situation what everyone is alright with, and if for example, a DM does not want child death in their campaign as they feel uncomfortable having that be an aspect, I think it is entirely reasonable to disallow PCs that are too young.

[@Awesomenoob25]

at the same time though, I think it is important for the DM to try to allow things and be open-minded where possible, as it is at the end of the day, a game of make-believe. Don't think any hate should be thrown around about your character's age, sex/gender, race, etc. but for some people, child death is too far, others, it is not. just like how racism, slavery, sexism, cultism, etc in-game may be something which the DM and players may want to explore (ideally, responsibly and maturely) (e.g. nobody likes drow or half-orcs). The two most important things are that everyone is 1) having fun and 2) feel comfortable and feel as if they are in a safe space.

[@niveknaylik531]

Does a growned up adult death is more comfortable then ? I mean, those are fictionnals characters, soooo... It doesn't really matter, right ?

[@homerman76]

@@niveknaylik531 It's all a matter of perspective, kind of like how people draw the line at seeing the death of children in any other story format, as the concept makes people uncomfortable due to the innocent nature of children, whereas adults and/or teens dying kind of depends on how well you know the characters involved and how it happens (many don't care too much about a criminal dying under normal circumstances, but add in that it was a tortured inhumane death and the comfort levels may drop.) This all of course depends on how connected you get to a game, just because something is fictional, doesn't mean it can't feel real (there's a reason people get attached to certain characters after all and may feel detached from a series when said characters are gone.)

[@marcar9marcar972]

@@niveknaylik531 yeah a grown up adult’s death is typically more comfortable. If someone isn’t comfortable with something usually it’s best not to force it upon them.

[@niveknaylik531]

@@homerman76 I see what you're saying (and Markar too), but I wasn't saying that you were wrong... ^-^ I'm just saying that (and maybe I'm a little raw, but...) for me death is death, whoever die and the way to die doesn't really matter. I mean. You go from living to dead status. Simple. No need to describe children death while screaming if you're not comfortable with... Some people are more sensibles than others. I was just asking if you considered adult death as... death too.

[@becomeonewithcraig9478]

I once started a D&D session in my classroom hoping for the boys to join me, but instead, I got 5 girls and I was the DM, and I'm a GUY. So you can imagine-

[@marcar9marcar972]

XD

[@curiouscarlo7276]

How did it went?

[@becomeonewithcraig9478]

@@curiouscarlo7276 Actually it went pretty good, thanks for asking. I made some homebrew monsters and we fought a big boss at the end. They seemed to enjoy it because they kept asking when the next session was.

[@curiouscarlo7276]

@@becomeonewithcraig9478 Glad that you had a fun time. Want to get into the game but haven't had the time to actually do it

[@shuukenji6585]

@@curiouscarlo7276 Do it man Just Started about a month ago :D One of the Best Experience I ever had :D Well it depends on your group that you are with I just got in thru a DnD tutorial Webinar then they helped me get in a Discord Group it was fun :D

[@ms_rifle_spiral]

"I don't identify as this gender so playing it just wouldn't work" You're also not a steroid-infused warrior of pure rage and muscle but you seem to play a barbarian perfectly fine

[@grayfulbester]

I wish, half of them aren't even good meat shields

[@KaedeLanyo]

It's cause he has the beef brain to go with it, duh! Hahahah.

[@AmbyrRavyn]

I don't play as a different gender because I don't want to

[@ale-xsantos1078]

Imagine a irl person who goes to gym every day, take hormones and shit, looking like the perfect barbarian ...then they play as a cute sorceress x3

[@bryanmerel]

@@ale-xsantos1078 you'll be surprised how COMMON that is. We play DnD to have a temporary escape from real life, not to fucking relieve your fuckin office life. Whats the point if we will be just the same misserable human in a make believe world? You get an upvote from me btw.

[@MegaAgamon]

The best character ever made was a child wizard. So I rolled bad, but I had rolled a 17 for one, still I was a little bumped. Then I realized that I could make a character that fits this role perfectly. So my character was a grant wizard one of the greatest in the nation and he was getting old. He didn't like that so he wished that he would be young again well the wish turned him into an infant and now he is like 10. While he retained his magical knowledge he knows how to cast high level spells his young body can't handle it and it will turn to ash the moment he attempts to use higher level spells. He must slowly retrain his body to handle the magic once again (that is how we flavored the wizard magically learning new spells to put in his spellbook every level) . As to why the stats I rolled made the perfect sense for the character. 5 strength he is a 10 year old he isn't strong 11 dexterity he is a kid he has small hands 12 constitution kids aren't known for being sturdy 17 intelligence he still has all his knowledge 10 wisdom kids aren't known for keeping their temper and not throwing tantrums 7 charisma when was the last time a 10 year old kid convinced an adult to do anything Even though I played this character for a few sessions to this day that kid is the most fun I had in the table Kid characters are awesome XD

[@zeehero7280]

Wild magic users can accidentally turn themselves into children if RNGesus says so on wild magic surge.. and it's permanent I believe, needs wish or something to reverse.

[@Pikwii]

This is pretty close to the plot of Mushoku Tensei xd very funny character

[@regretsin8502]

hah, my dnd party is 9 players (all male) and 7 of the characters were female in the last campaign

[@varia2354]

How is 8 player combat going?

[@regretsin8502]

​@@varia2354​ pretty great, no one is looking at their phones and everyone basically writes down what theyre going to do next before their turn comes, its actually better than most 4-5 player combats ive done. its probably just the players tho. also most of the time not everyone gets a second turn since everything is usually dead by then

[@varia2354]

@@regretsin8502 Nice.

[@hyperbannana9262]

@@regretsin8502 just a suggestion but if its just one turn try adding more enemies or haveing more health every once and a while

[@regretsin8502]

@ was the girl playing as a girl?

[@starblade8719]

It may sound weird to others, but there are a large amount of weebs who ACTUALLY ACT NORMAL! A lot of weebs are completely normal, but just happen to enjoy a specific type of media. Why are weebs the only types of people that get this feeling? I thought fate was a hentai trap, but when my friend showed it to me I learned that it’s pretty much just like most media I already enjoyed. I had a blast watching it since. The gender part I feel the only reason others care about this is they’re worried the person won’t play them right.

[@pluggothesluggo5509]

wait isn't this just a little bit more anime obsessed otakus

[@dlastkatipunero2185]

Weeb means excessive and anti-social... so what u describe are not weebs

[@luigip.1892]

Fake

[@hasanmuttaqin464]

@@dlastkatipunero2185 is it?

[@awesomechainsaw]

I mean some of Fate’s designs are questionable. *Looks at Jack the Ripper and Like all of Kaleid Liner.*

[@fredsuper6792]

I thought this video was about how having a racist society in DnD was a bad thing. I expected to have a problem with the video... I am glad I misinterpreted it

[@TheSilvero77]

Everyone know that man should play only as man. Same with other types: women only for women, elf only for elf and no one is allowed to play as orc except orc :p

[@eric_moore-6126]

For a second I thought you were serious. Had us in the first half.

[@spotlightanimation6719]

I got really mad for a sec and then I died laughing

[@beardlessdragon]

Thank you for the laugh

[@derrickhaggard]

Thanks for the laugh.

[@helixshredder396]

Wait so I have to play as an eldritch horror

[@jakebolls3420]

Bruh my DnD character is a 24 year old Fred from scooby-doo but he’s a cannibal so to me anime characters within certain boundaries are fine with me

[@troperhghar9898]

The best time I had mixing dnd and anime was making a 16 year old girl isekai protagonist becoming a blood hunter

[@niveknaylik531]

God, that seem awesome... O.o

[@troperhghar9898]

@@niveknaylik531 it was also the the most wholesome blood hunter most dnd players ever seen no one wore black and no one was allowed to be edgy It wad actually really funny

[@embodying8moth82]

I like playing Blood Hunters. Which Order are you thinking of going for if you dont mind the ask?

[@troperhghar9898]

@@embodying8moth82 my current build is a profane soul blood hunter but in the case of the isekai girl, she joined a whole team of blood hunters Heather ended joining Phoenix our kenku as a mutation blood hunter and surved as the team's doctors. Fun side note Heather became friends with our minotaur theodorra and pandaren hana who taught her the importance of not judging people for body fat expessialy when their culture's celebrate it and think the skinny white girl could stand to put some meat on her bones

[@mynamejeef7166]

I literally got got kicked from neckbeardias discord for having an anime profile pic my character was just a normal kobold rouge too

[@foisopracurtir6389]

Maybe if he had lizard's tiddies you would got a pass hahaha

[@zeke7972]

I mean yes, but actually no

[@xtalongraspx9004]

The day I get kicked from a D&D server for having an anime character or a cartoon character is the day their leader gets blocked and reported.

[@thomasl1061]

Why am I not surprised.

[@viridityone3106]

A character I've always wanted to play is a 900-year-old Elvish sorcerer who used the wish spell to make himself young again, but the spell backfired and he is now 10 in elvish years His entire motivation for adventuring is to get stronger as quickly as possible so he can age himself up to like 25 so he doesn't have to go through puberty a second time.

[@williamvalorious4403]

That's actually sounds like an interesting character...

[@Mas-cm6cy]

Holy shit. Mind if i steel that for my next dnd session. Cause that is awesome.

[@deleted5745]

The intent was to make a fun character, so there is no problem at all, but people insist on being creepy for no reason

[@ittybittymaniac]

yeah everybody eants to live their childhood again but no one wants to be in puberty again

[@thebardprince4524]

2:27 HEY! It's Vicky from the Fool's Gold campaign! Also thanks to your homebrew I'm beginning writing an Isekai style campaign for my anime-loving friends. So far I've gotten a lot of hype for our starting date, and I have to give you a lot of credit for it. Thanks, Blaine!

[@BlaineSimple]

Eyy glad someone got the reference! Also NP! Glad the homebrew is doing someone some good

[@idk-vc5yh]

As soon as I saw this I knew it was from fools gold

[@NameInWorkshop]

“You can’t be a kid! You’re older than them, it would be weird!” “You can’t play as the opposite race! The only reason you do is so that you can grow a romance with the character!” ...or maybe I like to roleplay as anyone I can be, and I’m so good at it that I completely avoid these problems?”

[@zeehero7280]

People who make these arguments "you can't roleplay as (X)" don't understand roleplay themselves and should not be even playing at all.

[@shonklebonkle324]

Bard: (takes off sun-glasses) i have not discriminated for my whole life.

[@omikun17]

I've played the young looking characters before and my DM always said "If you can explain why he's out adventuring at that age then you can do it." Also in combat most enemies ignore the kid until he fireballs them.

[@DancingCabal]

I ruled that you must be at least 15 years old for fighting classes, they need to be old enough to swing a sword. All magic base classes can be around 10 since magic does not need any physical states but you need to be old enough to understand how to use magic in the right situations. Other then that no overtly stereotype PC less you can make them believable. This seems to keep everyone happy and keeps out those who go super cringey

[@erberor8007]

I'd argue that a wizard would warrant a higher age requirement due to being based in education and study, attaining magic power through extensive learning. But other than that, I concur.

[@aquamarinerose5405]

As someone else said I'd argue kinda the opposite with mages taking longer. Also, I think that older editions of D&D did starting ages basically perfectly. For a human, Baseline Adulthood is considered at 15 years of age, but each class rolled a die on a specific table to determine their actual starting age. Though I think that the concept can be applied more generally. so you'd get like... Barbarian, Rogue, Sorcerer, Warlock: 16-19 (1d4) Average 17.5 Bard, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Artificer: 16-21 (1d6) Average 18.5 Cleric, Druid, Monk, Wizard: 17-27 (2d6) Average 22

[@dragoninthewest1]

@@erberor8007 you can have Prodigy Wizards aka being the Hermione.

[@xdude0272]

The hardest part for me when I have players talk to me about there characters comes down to the intent of there characters. I've seen many that were the overpowered isekia protagonist mindset, even though I explained this session zero that won't be ok... I've seen one where they were of loli based age, only for them wanting to go to a brothel for all the wrong reasons... Just be carful of who you let join. What character concept they want to go for. And know what you, especially as the DM, know your bondreys and set them at the start.

[@nerosoul2506]

Yeah if anyone has a child or childlike character, they have to at minimum wait outside the brothel, if they go in the dm is totally allowed to send in the guards

[@2712animefreak]

@@nerosoul2506 I'd say it depends on the alignment of the place the brothel is in. If I were to dm this seriously, in LG and NG places, they would probably send in the guards, but in a, say, CN town, they might let the kid go in because they believe that children should learn through their own mistakes and experience rather than being told what to do. In a LE or NE town, they'll let the kid go in and won't ask questions because they payed the fee. In a CE place, they would let the kid go in and give them a discount, as debauchery itself is their goal, but there will be consequences, such as demonic possession and stuff.

[@darealyaboidesloth2691]

So, when I was Introduced into DND by my friends, I made a Female Character with a Backstory and Filled in the traits. But the my Whole party of guys were just trying to make they’re characters as strong as possible. So it was Me, a Female Teifling Warlock. A War Forged Barbarian with 19 AC. A Paladin with 20 AC, and aFighter who would Absolutely Destroy anyone.

[@warriorfelin6092]

Bruh man

[@hiddenflare6169]

How did it go for ya?

[@darealyaboidesloth2691]

@@hiddenflare6169 We did To,b of Annihilation, and we actually finished it. It was fun for the most part

[@williamvalorious4403]

@@darealyaboidesloth2691 that explains their style of play...that one can be hard one to get through

[@nerosoul2506]

@@williamvalorious4403 isnt it supposed to be the tpk module of 5e?

[@Gwen1001]

5:21 what do you mean that just makes sense, I mean obviously since I'm not/dont identify as a purple haired halfling that likes to taze people and immediately attacks any undead they see, means that I shouldn't play as such, I mean what is this a fantasy role playing game where you can make any type of character you want/s

[@mr.preston1632]

Its a game, thats fine if you think that, just dont force that on others

[@Gwen1001]

@@mr.preston1632 note the /s

[@mr.preston1632]

@@Gwen1001 Oh ok

[@viktortzarofthexbox2987]

I thought this video was an extremist video about how dnd racial bonuses were actually racist or how the concept of a specific race being discriminated against in the lore of the world was dumb and was fully prepared to just go “well guess there’s another good dnd youtuber down the drain.” Thank god I was wrong.

[@Xman34washere]

Yay

[@AMPMASTER10]

Racial bonuses are ok, you might be playing the fantasy equivalent of a real world race, but its still fantasy and that person isn't human thus they would have different strengths and weaknesses. As for getting unfair treatment in universe, isn't that the point sometimes. Tieflings are human/fiend hybrids and get ducked on for their ancestry, Orcs form tribes with some of them being violent thus giving the race a bad reputation, or a fantasy kingdom that looks down on the "lower races". I'm not a SJW but racism is still a real thing. The point is that a we know its wrong in real life, so has long its not painted so thick where the whole thing is uncomfortable to play or that it's saying that a real world race or group needs to die because their ancestors were slave owners or did bad things to another religion. If we judged people by the sins of our ancestors we might as well NUKE THE PLANET cause no one would be truly innocent. We don't lock up the children of convicted felons. Anyway if the campaign starts becoming to racially charged for ya talk to your DM or just go find another group. It's that simple.

[@viktortzarofthexbox2987]

@@AMPMASTER10 bingo. Another thing I think is flawed with that assessment is that we as humans are all basically the same with different faces so the dnd races are too. We all come from the same background so we innately have similar traits. Orks and Dwarves or Yuan-Ti and Dragonborn don’t have that connection and thus innately have different abilities. TL;DR: comparing Orks and humans is like comparing a lion and a human. Both can be good at hunting and tracking but one is innately given the tools to do so where the other one has to work for it a bit more than the other.

[@R3GARnator]

Real life aliens would be way, way different from humans. The impression of aliens as being human but with little bits changed mostly came from budget constraints on science fiction shows.

[@viktortzarofthexbox2987]

@@R3GARnator ye. I think battlestar galactica was the only one to actually address why everyone was human. Though I only watched like one episode

[@tholgrimstonebeard5943]

You know, I can see how one would not like this. Anime (and Anime tropes) tend to be very melodramatic. But as long as your character isn't stopping to monologue like Sailor Moon before casting a spell, it should be fine.

[@antoniocotillo9595]

Well, IMO about anime in D&D, is that if your gonna add stuff from anime into you campaign, then it should either make sense to your world, or it should be agreed that this is either the same anime world, or that yeah I know, because to me if you directly add it without modifying the lore for your world, because it may just feel out of place. That is just how I feel about part of this issue, and I don’t mean anything bad by that.

[@SmilerStrike]

The first time I DMed, one of the players made her character a nine year old girl. There was nothing wrong with that. What WAS horrifying though, was that the nine-year old was THE strongest creature in the game. She singlehandedly killed an adult dragon in four turns. Not only that, but she liked to steal kneecaps.

[@chrisppx]

Eh, playing kids is a little freaky to me but I mean I can’t control what other people do, but I agree about playing women, nothing wrong with playing the opposite gender

[@Hajilex]

I feel that playing as a child is fine as long as there is ABSOLUTELY nothing sexual about it

[@chrisppx]

@@Hajilex exactly, thats kinda what I was trying to say

[@thedoomslayer8900]

I'm a guy, and over half my characters are women lol No one says two words about it in my playgroup

[@CommanderDiamond678]

If I ever do a dnd campaign and one of the characters is a child bard I won’t let them seduce my npc because obvious reasons

[@niveknaylik531]

@@Hajilex And if the childish comportment doesn't slow down the campaign... Like playing a volatile child, who can be very tiring like those fuss making children... Can be very fun... but, for around 5 min, after that time, the table is annoyed and even you are annoyed to play this... Should play, like Blaine suggested, childs very intelligents or child apparent characters that are in fact very old... They're not childish anymore and can be accepted as much as a grown up adult... Romance excluded tho... X-P

[@LunaWolfSaphira]

"AnImE dOeSnT bElOnG iN DnD!!!" *Looks at the Records series and Goblin Slayer which are baised on campaigns*

[@blastermaster5039]

Goblin Slayer is complete utter shit though. Records and Slayers are where its at.

[@CareerKnight]

*Looks at the monk class that was literally added because the creator liked kung fu movies* Yes we must keep D&D strictly western fantasy.

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

​@@blastermaster5039 Berserk and Bastard!!!!! Absolutely trounces such garbo.

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

​@@CareerKnight Monk was also pure garbage back then. "But muh grapple monk" Oops, I cast hold asshole.

[@roynicorn8361]

"But you are not a little girl in real life" "Well you aren't a Dwarf Barbarian"

[@triggerme6144]

It's almost like on is a pure cosmetic aspect and the other is a mechanical part of the game, which determines what the character can and can't do.

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

Midgets: Y wot?

[@ohexenwahno5652]

One of my latest characters is really fun to roleplay because they're a middle aged man warrior who died, struck a deal with the Raven Queen to be reincarnated and become her Warlock servant. The problem is, he got reincarnated as a 12-ish yo half elf girl. That makes interactions with characters who knew his old self awkward, and my intimidation checks hilarious.

[@Aaa-bi8ly]

I’m laughing just reading this, Imagine the roleplay!

[@zeehero7280]

"That time I got re incarnated as a cute little girl and my intimidation attempts became too funny"

[@angelmainaccount2507]

2:03 don't you NEVER ever do that to my girl Madoka, she suffered enough

[@NuclearRaven13]

Being madoka is suffering

[@angelmainaccount2507]

@@NuclearRaven13 Being MEGUCA* is suffering

[@kaykz885]

I defeat Brazilian night

[@Jamstaro1]

I dislike when people limit choices. Story time. I once offered my dm that I run a saiyan .... Yes a saiyan.... He laughed and said nah man I don't need a raging blonde that can fly for zero reason .... I stopped him and said " dude... I just wanna play a monkey man with a tail... Who in the heat of death (1/10th total hp pool) his strength doubles...... And I'm playing a weird bard with a +2 in strength so.... Idk why this is weird." He allows it... He tells me there's not gonna be ssj or anything and I said fine... I liked dragonball more than z at the time so I just kind of rolled with it... Queue a tense moment in the sewers.... My saiyan (tomota) tail getting pinned behind a loose sewer grate.... Causing paralysis in a flooding and slowly draining pit..... The party doesn't know which tunnel I went down in the dark and all they hear is muffled gurgles with rushing water echoing in the tunnels.... Allowing anime into the game isn't the problem... I agree some anime is busted for dnd.... But trying to inter connect the lore of the anime to a race/class can result in believable results without busting the game outright. Also tomota had zero offensive spells so he charged into battle like a fighter... Never regretted it once had a blast doing so

[@thedeathguardtyrant7628]

Why is dnd so very perfect these questions can never be answered

[@marcar9marcar972]

Don’t get me wrong, I like D&D but personally I like other systems better. I wouldn’t call D&D perfect but I see why people love it.

[@thedeathguardtyrant7628]

@@marcar9marcar972 thats a great and normal opinion to have

[@MythicMachina]

@@marcar9marcar972 i've been meaning to try some other stuff, but i don't like the heavy math that other systems have. also, older editions of D&D alignment lock you and i hate that.

[@WolforNuva]

@@MythicMachina If you can get your DM to agree, it's easy enough to ignore the alignment rules... I think. Closest to an older edition I played was pathfinder, which is basically 3.5.5, and our group ignored alignment locked classes with no issues. As for the math... Well still plenty of systems out there on the math light side, but they are harder to find.

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

DnD is perfect.... Perfectly trash.

[@davidjohnson6665]

I did a one-off with my group and the oldest of our characters was 15 and the youngest was 8 years (this was our Halloween special). The session proved to be very intense because we were role-playing a bunch of kids without adult supervision in a dark forest full of werewolves. All of us had a blast and no body caused any issues. Except for maybe me, I instigated just about every intense moment and that included combat. Still, no one died and everyone got to do what they wanted as their characters. It baffles me that people are squeamish when other players choose to role-play as teenagers/kids because there aren’t one now. Have we not all grown up as kids at some point in our lives or am I the only one who went through the bizarre and mystical years from birth to high school graduation? Just because we hear about players botching their role-play and character development doesn’t mean you or other players can’t pull it off either. If your a DM who has a players who is making you and the other players uncomfortable with their role-play, take that player aside and let them know. More specifically, let them know that you want them to have fun as well as the other players. Whether they are playing as a anime girl or not, the principal is still the same.

[@frozngrildtoast4665]

to everyone who reads this have a good day

[@goosepixel4986]

Thanks you too ^-^

[@Lukos0036]

You too. =)

[@gravewoodspeaks4276]

Have a good day, mate

[@lotiumhazard3924]

Thanks man

[@candiedapple1860]

Thank you. You too.

[@midnightflare9879]

I played a bard once, who was an over the top anime girl, always doing poses, long speeches, and all the stuff you can imagine. The character was actually a very realistic person. The reason she acted like this all the time is to confuse her enemies and use her acting skills to be extra unpredictable. Once, she even managed to convince a bunch of NPCs that the power of friendship is a real thing, and they never messed with the party, when they were together, because "together, they are a hundred times stronger". It was hilarious.

[@dragoninthewest1]

Ah, so you were Tea (Anzu) from Yugioh

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

What is the cure for such disorders? Fireball.

[@zeehero7280]

Yeah amazing character idea would be a bard but she's basically like, a magical J pop singer lol.

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

@@zeehero7280 All the more reason to have the artificer or wizard reduce the bard into irradiated ash.

[@allthenewsordeath5772]

The 40K fandom is pretty cool, there fine with anyone so long as you’re not a filthy Zeno, or a heretic.

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

As a necron, Imagine worshiping a corpse God and not putting him in a giant Ziggurat pokeball.

[@MrMatek13]

Only issue I see with PCs being younger than late teens/early adulthood is that it kinda forces the other party members to be fine effectively babysitting, with more murder involved. There is generally a certain degree of 'you do you' kind of respect between party members, since each are assumed to be responsible for their own decisions. This, however, makes less sense when the character making the decisions is a 10 year old. There are some interesting themes to explore here as well, like responsibility and maturity in face of danger. Younger characters work best if the child in question has no permanent home. If the party asks "Where are your parents?" the player playing that character has to think of some kind of reason the party cannot simply return the kid home to continue their upbringing. If the child character gets effectively 'adopted' by the party then they can actually work really well as the heart of the group, while also allowing every opportunity to explore the aspects of playing a younger character. As well as force other characters to react after finding themselves responsible for a kid, to some degree. Good RP all around. It just takes slightly more consideration than adult characters, if you want to avoid becoming a meme. Few parties would want a kid in them number due to the obvious danger of death, but if they somehow find one along the way with no other place to stay, they may as well tag along if they so want.

[@jang7617]

Yeah, one of the people in my campaign is a tomboy and likes to be a boy in my campaign and I’m completely fine with it.

[@Fredministrator]

As a gm I generally allow every character concept that would fit in the world, no matter age or gender. That said, there are certain adventrues in which I don't want my players to play minors (or characters looking like some), because I don't like to imagine them in such positions. Might be unfair, but I think everyone has borders they don't like to cross.

[@marcar9marcar972]

This

[@Lazysupermutant]

I mostly just like calling my weeb players "WEEB!" with the same vibe tone of Invasion of the Body snatchers, ESPECIALLY if the topic has nothing to do with anime. Talking about Pixar? "WEEB!" Roman history? "WEEB!" weebs? "WEEB!" Try it out it's a lot of fun.

[@cinansnickem228]

Oh, you commented on a D&D video? You sound like a massive weeb

[@paulgaudet7680]

@@cinansnickem228 Oh my, someone is following that advice already. You have proven yourself worthy of the title of Weeb. Congratulations!

[@elainasynranelt]

WEEB

[@cassandranoice1563]

I'm in my 30s and in the spring finished an 18 month long campaign with my group where I was playing an orphaned 13 y/o changeling divine soul sorcerer priest-in-training flavored as a young coautl who didn't know they were a coautl. I made sure to let my group know what I was doing beforehand. It made for some amazing roleplay moments when interacting with older NPCs and PCs. I have a pretty good group and DM that wouldn't go all nuts over something like this, though

[@Roboyoshi15]

I'm a dude, let's get that out of the way. I feel very disconnected when I play as a woman. I did try in a 3.5 gestalt one-shot. She was a Warlock/Fighter named Razia, the Eldritch Salvo! She was a tomboy, but even then I felt weird when I actually played her. Now, I'm not gonna stop someone from playing what they want, but if they start sexualizing their character and it makes the other players clearly uncomfortable, then the DM or the host has to say something.

[@mr.preston1632]

Yeah thats fair

[@basiccatastrophe2863]

As a male D&D player who is lucky enough to play in a mixed sex group, I still actively play both male and female characters as well as young and old characters, even straight and gay characters. And the same can be said for some of our other players, we never discriminate on who each of us plays, we help each other along with it, our female players will often explain how a female character would think in such a situation, as we male characters would do the same for male players. It is a great learning step for all of us, and actually brought us closer as a group. I fully recommend stepping out of your comfort zone and playing something you wouldn't normally play. At the end of the day, not only are you playing a game, you are telling a story, with all your friends, and a great story has the most diverse characters from start to finish.

[@shellknight1323]

I encourage diversity whether it be young, undead, furry or anime but i make it VERY clear, *keep your fetish's at home, or your going give everyone acid reflux and ligma*

[@winsonzhu4427]

The most common sense approach is literally just "watch out for stereotype flags, but don't assume and let people have their fun" and people who decide to do stuff that logically ruins the fun for other people should be warned / booted depending on circumstance.

[@Princessshamanarta]

That is what I used to do but there is always that weeb that turns out to play victim card and make the dm the villain (no pun intended). Like no, full metal alchemist is not happening in my curse of strahd campaign

[@winsonzhu4427]

@@Princessshamanarta Then boot said weeb if they're persistent enough, and if they try to slander or guilt-trip you, they're also a manipulative asshole and you should try to get in touch with other people who've dealt with them

[@averageknight9804]

Thank you for sharing this. Not everyone understands the difference between reality and fantasy.

[@paddlesawtactic9788]

One of my players is a genuine weaboo who played a Dragonborn Samurai named Hakuri who's quest was to find his younger brother who got seperated from him as a baby. That brother character was actually one that he played in a different game before I met him, and he told me all the stuff that he did which involved time travel shenanigans. With this, I leaned into the tropes and created the most anime scenario ever, where the brother, now older due to time travel shenanigans, challenges Hakuri to a one on one duel in the rain, the motivation behind the duel being to push Hakuri to his limits and unlock his hidden potential, breaking the seal that prevented him from using magic like the rest of his family. This is how I justified my players request to let him multi class into sorcerer.

[@shameless7305]

Never in my life have I clicked fast enough to watch a video you're amazing Blaine

[@RubberDuckyDJ]

Yea

[@ERBanmech]

So in my opinion it really does depend on setting and rules. Really as long as it is fitting with the setting and location, you aren’t being a creep, and you aren’t trying to play as the protagonist of the entire campaign then I would probably allow it

[@ron.c.koster]

Tell to be honest we had a highschool 1 shot with dnd classes i had a shit ton off fun playing the weird loner girl with her pet snake (was a beastmaster ranger). I dont get the problems... the game is there for people to have fun and maybe people could understand someone else a bit better if they stepped out off there own skin and mindset for a bit.

[@bigbadfox9917]

Funny story. I played a character called The Red Mage. A confident, kind and no patience for evil kind of character. I played an entire 3 hour campaign with some people and after the characters had been together through a dungeon, it was time to settle down for the night. So everyone gathers around the campfire and we introduce our characters formally. Imagine their faces when The Red Mage or now known as Nayru, took their hat off and revealed they were a woman. Some of the players where honestly surprised and some even skeptical of me, saying stuff like: "I bet you she's like 16." Nope she is 28 (The lowest age I've ever played her as is 24 but this was my first time playing as her. If you are curious though, the oldest was 55 and she was still awesome.) "She's probably got that princess bod." Nope, she has quite her fair share of muscles. (I believe I described her having "Athlete Swimmer Physique") "Watch him do the "Senpai" Voice." Dude, really? It's just my voice slightly higher pitch with a twinge of Welsh. In the end, all of that didn't matter because I proved that Nayru went on to become an awesome adventurer and that's all I wanted.

[@benjaminyoo3504]

Fun fact: Half if not more of the people in my group are female and both male and female players have played opposite gender characters with different ages and personalities. No one in my group had any problems with this. At the beginning of this video, I was very confused. "Wth people have problems with playing children's characters?"

[@thequietgamer2743]

4:15 when I was first dming, starting in February this year, I actually encouraged that to my players. I wanted them to create whatever they wanted as long as they were emotionally invested with their characters. If they wanted to play as opposite gender characters, I was fine with it. I can't say I regret it, as I have no reason to.

[@ZeroSkylerxD]

I thought this video was going to be about in-game discrimation. I was like: "in my campaign there is a ton of discrimination, one of my players is a goblin, he definitely made that character with that sort of trauma and experience in mind." I don't know why I thought that this video would be about discrimination that that context.

[@MelonDev04]

I am a DM and I have zero problems with how you make a character (as long as you follow the rule book) as long as it isn’t a carbon copy of a pre existing character then you have a green light.

[@piens51]

No consideration of tone of campaign? Like bringing a Samurai to Viking campaign? Or cowboy to medeval intreuge setting?

[@MelonDev04]

@@piens51 There are some but, that’s why I have a very much varied world, you can go from Medieval Japan all the way to a somewhat western inspired region. I try to keep creativity and work around it.

[@isiffrin]

ngl anime has some of the coolest and most fire weapon concepts and having that gold mine remain untapped is just infuriating

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

The only cool anime weapons would be Guts' Sword, BTG's Coffin Cannon or Frieza's weaponized racism. Everything else is meh.

[@thedemonslayer51]

One time while listening to music, I had an idea for a very homebrewed one/two-off. It'd require a group of shonen fight nonsense loving people to work, but the main HB rule would be "you can do anything with enough hype" The idea being that there's an invisible hype meter (determined by the creativity, storytelling, and general mood of the table) that effects the level of ridiculousness that can happen. No hype, and a punch in combat is just a normal punch, BUT WITH HYPE your punch can have knockback, or even break stone. If done right, fights would have a natural progression going from just room scale fights, to slamming each other through smoke clouds and walls. Would this really work? Probably not, because it's basically a game of imagination with the vaguest rules in place, but damn it imagining the possibilities if it did work, I'm willing to try someday.

[@kjs8719]

I had to explain that no, my character having a crush on another character, does not suggest I have a crush on the character's player My character is a gnome assassin. After so long traveling exclusively with humans, a dwarf woman cleaving off heads is definitely going to catch his eye

[@zeehero7280]

If you had to explain that... you were playing with someone who is incapable of understanding D&D and roleplay in general.

[@wildrabbit2237]

A friend of mine in a campaign I run is playing a Warforged that was designed by a brilliant engineer to look exactly like his dead 10yo daughter. She has the intellect of a master Artificer, but the strength and wisdom of a normal kid. Why would I say no to an idea like that? That’s so creative, and as a DM it opens up so many unique rp situations that would normally never happen

[@camblycreeper7999]

Okay: I can complain about one guy though, Good freind plays him but still... Serious Champaign (More or less) Serious Characters including my own, Iskah the Yuan Ti. and then Calvin comes to the table and describes a 12 year old Halfling called Peter.... Peter File.... a minor who is also a halfling with an adult fetish.... I think he qualifies as someone I can complain about.

[@foisopracurtir6389]

I guess that saw here somewhere...

[@chris-tianmothman]

The only thing I hate about anime (and other media) crossing over into D&D is when people literally want to just play a character they've seen. Not an off-brand or character inspired by them, but Daryl Dixon himself. It irks me because they don't try to be creative with their character, especially since sometimes they won't add their own flavor to the character, or even attempt to roleplay as that character.

[@renzonunez6046]

Don't twist things here. Playing a young or female character is perfectly fine. Heck, I dislike a lot of things related to anime and i´ve done both. The real issue here is not reading the room and trying to force anime style characters in a campaign where no one is into that and that happens way too much. It's fine is a group of anime fans want to roleplay as magic girls or whatever, I'm not judging, but don't expect every freacking gaming group you meet to be into that. It's as simple as that.

[@mattp3736]

So much this there are so many people complaining about others discriminating or gatekeeping as if part of any successful d&d group isn't establishing what is and isn't acceptable in a campaign. As someone who's been dming for years I've run ridiculous over the top anime campaigns if that's what the group I was with wanted but the simple fact is that the majority of players don't want that and you can't force others to play that way.

[@freyzerb.castro9124]

I don't think he is twisting things having into account there are other people talking about how they got kicked from a discord server just for having an anime pic

[@renzonunez6046]

@@freyzerb.castro9124 I DM for like 25 people in my discord server and most of my friends and players who are there are anime fans. They just don't make anime characters im MY campaings because they know I don't like it. I don't care if they rp as magical ponys in other servers as long as theu don't do that in mine. As I said, I don't judge them. They respect my likings and I respect theirs. This actually applies to any kind of campaign. Don't try to play a samurai if your DM is telling you they want a viking campaing. Don't bring a cowboy when everyone is creating medieval fantasy characters. That's just being incosiderate.

[@thatdragon8137]

2:30 that’s vicky! (From the werewolf hunting orc town) From dingo doodle’s video. I love the easter egg.

[@Eugene24820]

The biggest issue I have with D&D is the expectations of what you're trying to find and it seems to often be one of the most reoccurring one. I often try to find games that are of a more serious tone or note and I personally like a campaign with an element of political intrigue, and the ideal of a party being only a band mercenaries rather than one based off "heroics". But in the aspect of inclusivity and positive group dynamic it is often frustrating to have to "put up" with people who forcibly try to bring in their cool recycled anime character doesn't match the theme or setting of the game is clearly unfit for the campaign. I have no issues with anime, I like anime as well, but there is often a time and a place when you should and shouldn't, but the people who play these characters don't seem to know how to turn it off, and that I have a problem with.

[@marcar9marcar972]

Some of them

[@piens51]

Yeah that is the rub really. Sure make your Gilagmesh expy but first make sure that it will actualy fit in the camaign and not just stick out

[@Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer]

You should rec those guys Torg instead, that's what most Japanese players favored through the 80s and 90s It's also why their "fantasy" shows _so often included mecha and starships and lost tech_ (think original final fantasy, Johji Manabe)

[@inventor121]

5 working brain cells... Blaine, it's 2020, my data suggest that you're expecting too much from people.

[@leonidizakov1189]

Imo its understandable to ban young characters in darker, higher gore games. In those types of games a younger character could make some people uncomfortable

[@Ryan-jk6mg]

Read the title thought this was going to be something completely else. Finish the video it was nice to talk in a nice calm voice about what it's obviously a problem for some. Keep up the good work.

[@hypnotisedpenguin]

Me (DM) : *inserts random anime references in the campaign* Players: I'll never forgive the Japanese!

[@TavianDH]

At the end of the day, if someone at your table is doing something that makes you uncomfortable (whether it's role-playing or otherwise), you should calmly address the issue and offer a compromise. Nothing gets solved by attacking eachother

[@Felrika]

"Thankfully, most of us in the D&D community are open to new ideas." Unless that new idea is a new edition, you're not wrong.

[@yin81]

I assume these anime haters never heard of the Big Eyes, Small Mouths RPG settings? They might get an aneurysm

[@sadiemcc9363]

So it's wrong that my character in DnD is 16? But I'm 15...

[@camblycreeper7999]

I mean... if your character might mature faster (IE: Dragonborn) then you are justified. If your character is not doing anything inappropriate for their age (IE: underaged "Nefarius deeds") Then it's fine If your character ages slower then you are effectivly an elven toddler

[@TheDevon2002]

actually, nothing in dnd humans are considered adults at 15

[@blastermaster5039]

Ah. I remember that time when I made a young preteen sorcerer. She got bitten by a giant spider, almost died, got brought back to her village and got grounded by her farmer parents, even if she has brought a chest of platinum from her two adventures for her family to live on. She then was engaged and promised to another villager - to which I changed character afterwards. Medieval times I tell you. Anime characters in D&D man. Its dangerous since it make you either too attached to the character that it might sway the DM to give you favorable dice in order for them to live - or immediately throw something very dangerous at them to further emphasize that anime MC exist only in anime. Anime characters in a table top is also kind of reserved most likely in high to medium fantasy genre's a lot and they can really feel incredibly out of place in certain table top modules and scenarios - like the Shadow of Innsmouth or something. Imagine a Deep one crushing a ten year old bubbly girl with its jaw? It just makes things kind of awkward you know what I mean?

[@thedm8873]

Trust me when I say I have had a player try to play a 14-year-old girl, who looked like she was ten. this was her only trait only one. Did not last that long.

[@Valravn49]

On the “looks 15 but is hundreds of years old” bit, my character in my group’s current campaign is a warforged that’s 150 years old, but due to its background and some memeish role playing, when out of combat has the brain of a hyperactive 5 year old. As they say, looks can be deceiving, and depending on how it’s played, it can be really funny having that juxtaposition, like having a giant 8ft tall murder bot chilling in a corner with crayons and a coloring in book

[@whoitesnek2015]

Summoning spirits, that deliver powerful punches in quick succession.

[@SuperBatSpider]

I’m glad I got to play a girl before. My first character outside of school where I had an awful DM was a human female fighter, an Amazon who didn’t know how to solve a problem she can’t stab. If only I knew it was a mystery based campaign.

[@Sirscruggz]

Quite frankly whenever there’s a character creator in any game, I usually go for female, thinking that it’s pretty badass seeing women stomping fools into the ground, and also seeing in which areas imma be treated differently. TL:DR, Sometimes RP’ing a chick is awesome

[@ageridthesilverdragon4440]

since i lost a big part of my childhood i often end up playing characters that ain't 18 yet. to have a reason to play someone childish to get a part of my childhood back

[@rabbidowl1235]

I'll say this. I personally don't feel comfortable playing children in most DND games because frankly, you are going to see things that no child should see. An ancient red dragon melting a village into the ground as you hear the cries of agony from the villagers screaming with what little is left of their vocal cords tends to not be something that I would subject a child to. If your campaign is built around the idea of player characters being kids I have no problem with it, but if you are creating a child character that will have to see active combat and get blood stained on their hands..it just doesn't sit right with me. To talk about the whole aging slower thing, I think that is different, their mind is still maturing at a normal rate, and if it isn't then I wouldn't allow it. To sum it up, if you are actively going "yeah I want to throw a child into a situation where they might have to hold the fate of thousands of creatures in their hands and the only way to save them is by slaughter" then I just..I mean you do you, but personally, that idea is really bleak and I would only consider if the campaign is based around a heavy horror theme and even then I would hesitate.

[@marcar9marcar972]

Totally fair

[@atticusmullin4423]

this guy says all his friends will have a level head when it comes to anime but he's always showing a body pillow in his videos

[@Ekaidseaky]

Man, I just find it uncomfortable that a kid is part of a group who basically runs around to kill bandits, and monsters that would easily kill any one of them

[@daltonrazgaitis3318]

Personally as a dm i definitely lean to having mostly important male npcs. i will use the occasional female but i hate doing the voices for them haha. hence why as a player i only play male because i love doing voices

[@daltonrazgaitis3318]

point i was getting to is. it makes sense for most dudes to just play males and in general i havent seen any who can do justice to female characters. sam regal in critical role is a good example of it done well enough. but his character is my least favorite in the season for being kinda of single note